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I have been learning some trig on my own now through an old text book I found, and because it is so old, it doesnt really give very good explanations of how to prove things.
Can someone list the steps you would go through to prove an equation like:
csc^6(x) - cot^6(x) = 1 + 3csc^2(x)cot^2(x)
or something similar? I am really confused, and im not really sure where to start. Any help would be appreciated.
(Btw, this is not a homework problem. I am learning it on my own time.)

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quote:Original post by boxdot3 (Btw, this is not a homework problem. I am learning it on my own time.)

That''s fine, but please reread the forum FAQ for our policy on homework and homework-like questions. For questions/posts that look like homework problems (which this one does), the forum FAQ asks you to show your own work even if you have not finished the problem. The FAQ also asks that you not ask for the solution, but hints that you can use to find the solution on your own. Even if this isn''t homework, I''d rather you actually learn how to solve the problem for yourself. Perhaps once you can solve more complex problems without help, then you will be able to make better computer/video games, which is the primary core topic of these forums.